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Archive for May, 2011

Breath, Stress, & Relaxation Response

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Renowned cardiologist, Dr. John Kennedy, discusses the relationship between breath, the “relaxation response”, and cardiac health. His “B•R•E•A•T•H•E” technique is being widely adopted in complement to workplace wellness programs. BREATHE™ for Wellness is a relaxation technique which combines conscious breathing and guided imagery that, practiced regularly, helps to heal the heart, reduce anxiety, improve coping […]

Awakening

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011

Can we simply observe what is happening in our experience without being embedded in it? This is mindfulness. May awareness, compassion, and understanding be with you.

Awakening

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

Our “feeling tone” gives felt stimuli their depth, flavor, and texure. May awareness, compassion, and understanding be with you.

Stress Reduction with Jon Kabat-Zinn

Friday, May 20th, 2011

This video is part of a series on “Stress Reduction” offered by one of this country’s foremost, secular authorities on “Mindfulness Practice”, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn- a prolific author, teacher, practitioner, and founder of the nationally renowned Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.

Awakening

Friday, May 20th, 2011

Like the cognitive flow of our streams of consciousness, our feelings (“affect tone”) also thread together to give us a sense of being a living organism. May awareness, compassion, and understanding be with you.

Awakening

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

With sensation-sensory experience- there is accompanying “feeling tone”- an embodied sense of what it feels like to have the experience right here and now. “Feeling tone” colors our sensations. May awareness, compassion, and understanding be with you.

Awakening

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Our meditation practice gets us in touch directly and immediately with our experience- at the point of its inception. May awareness, compassion, and understanding be with you.

Mindfulness Meditation for Beginners

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Here is wonderful introduction to formal mindfulness practice offered by author, teacher, and long-time practitioner, Jack Kornfield. He is one of this country’s leading Buddhist teachers in introducing mindfulness and vipassana meditation to the West.

Awakening

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

Our mindsight offers the rays of light to illuminate the nature of who we are and what we are becoming… May awareness, compassion, and understanding be with you.

Awakening

Monday, May 16th, 2011

What is painful today may be rooted in the joy of tomorrow… don’t forsake vesting in this moment. May awareness, compassion, and understanding be with you.